Copied shift — click an empty cell to paste
EmployeeHrs
Scheduled:
Unscheduled:
Total Hours:
Overtime:
Status:
Shift
N/A
Overtime
GM hours dimmed & excluded from totals
Copied shift — click an empty cell to paste
ManagerHrs
Total Hours:
Overtime:
GM hours excluded
Employee Position Role Phone Notes Status
This is each employee's standing weekly availability. Click any cell to change it. For one-off schedule changes, use Requests Off instead.
Legend:
Available
Not Available
Partial (time window)
Employee Notes
RTO is binary — if it's entered here, it's approved. The system allows scheduling over RTO but flags it with a red border and badge on the schedule grid.
Week View
Employee
All Approved Time Off 0 entries
0
Total Managers
0
Active
Name Phone Email Status Actions
Manager weekly availability. Click any cell to change. For one-off changes, use Manager Requests Off.
Legend:
Available
Not Available
Partial (time window)
Manager
Manager time off. Same rules as staff — entered = approved.
Week View
Manager
All Approved Time Off 0 entries
Shift swap history. All swaps are recorded here for accountability. Use the Swap button in any shift modal to initiate a swap.
Swap History 0 swaps
Theater Identity
Name, screen count, and week configuration
First day of the scheduling week — affects all grids, day sheets, and per-day settings
Divides AM and PM shifts on day sheets
Location Coordinates
Required for live weather forecasting on the schedule grid and day sheets. To find your coordinates: open Google Maps, search your theater, right-click the location pin, and click the coordinates that appear at the top of the menu to copy them.
Positions
Define staff positions, colors, and display order
Scheduling Rules
Overtime, hour warnings, and shift behavior
Overtime Threshold
Hours per week before overtime kicks in
hrs
Hours Warning
Trigger a visual warning when an employee approaches this threshold
hrs
Split-Shift Employee — Start Threshold
Staff who work across your AM/PM day sheet split — start of eligibility window
Split-Shift Employee — End Threshold
Staff working past this time appear in both AM and PM columns on day sheets
Staff Communication
Allow email and phone contact from the schedule — shows contact options on employee names
Exclude GM Hours from Totals
When enabled, General Manager hours are dimmed on the management schedule and excluded from total hour calculations
Special Roles
Define custom staff roles with highlight colors — assigned per employee in the roster
Enable Special Role Highlighting
Highlight employees with special roles on the schedule and roster
ON CALL Shifts
Enable ON CALL shift type on staff and manager schedules
Show Position on Schedule
Display a color dot and position abbreviation on each shift cell. Set abbreviations in Settings → Positions.
Certifications & Qualifications
Define custom tags for employee qualifications — applied per employee in the roster
Print Schedules

Generate print-optimized views. Opens a preview overlay — review before printing.

Email Schedules

Open a pre-addressed email to all active staff or managers (BCC).

Reset Demo Data

Re-seed all three demo theaters with the original sample data. This overwrites any changes you've made.

Quick reference for UTU Operations. Click any section to expand it.

Use the left sidebar to navigate between pages. The theater name and screen count appear at the top of the sidebar — click it to switch locations if you have more than one theater.

The header shows your current page and the active week. Week navigation arrows appear on pages that are week-based.

On phones and small tablets the sidebar collapses — tap the menu button in the top-left corner to open it.

The staff schedule grid shows one row per employee and one column per day. Each cell can hold a shift. Click a cell to open the shift editor — set start time, end time, and position.

Clear Week removes all shifts for the current week. This cannot be undone.

Print opens a print preview. In the browser print dialog, set orientation to Landscape and disable "Headers and footers" in More settings for the cleanest output.

Email sends the schedule to all active staff members who have an email on file.

Employees with a Shift Lead role appear at the top of the grid (when Roles are enabled in Settings).

Works the same as the staff schedule but shows managers. Manager shifts include a role indicator.

Close times for managers can be set per-week using the close time controls at the top of the schedule.

The Print and Email buttons work the same as on the staff schedule.

Day sheets show all shifts for a single day, formatted for posting at the theater. Select a day at the top of the page.

Print opens a clean printout that includes both staff and manager shifts for the selected day.

Availability shows when each employee is available to work during the week. Each day can be set to Available, Partially Available (with a time window), or Not Available.

Availability is stored per employee and carries over week to week until changed — it does not reset automatically.

Click any availability cell to edit it. Changes save automatically when you click away.

RTO (Request Time Off) tracks individual days that employees have requested off. Entries appear on the schedule grid as a reminder.

Use the week grid to add or remove RTO entries. Each entry can be Full Day, AM, PM, or a custom time.

The list at the bottom of the page shows all upcoming RTO entries for the theater.

The swap log tracks shift trades between employees. Each entry records who traded with whom, on what date, and what shifts were involved.

Add a swap entry to keep a record for payroll and scheduling reference.

The staff roster lists all employees at your theater. Each employee has a name, phone, email, positions, and optional certifications.

Set an employee to Inactive to hide them from the schedule grid without deleting their history.

The manager roster works the same way for your management team.

Settings lets you configure your theater name, screen count, positions, open/close times, and communication preferences.

Roles Enabled — when on, employees with roles (like Shift Lead) are sorted to the top of the schedule grid and shown with a colored badge.

Staff Communications — paste a group chat link or phone number here; it will appear in the printed schedule footer.

Changes in Settings save automatically.

To reset your password, click Forgot password on the login screen and enter your email address. You will receive a reset link.